Robotics Chapter 1 Review: Lego Blocks

Lego cubes (also known as special Lego bricks due to their size) were not really in a cube shape. A special Lego brick as the dimensions of 1 x 1 x 1. Even though it was called "Lego cubes" it isn't really in a size of a cube since its dimensions of its area/surface area aren't the same. Years after the invention of legos, the idea of new Lego bricks with holes were called "Beams". The main idea of the Beams were to allow axles to connect on to the holes and allowing them to connect to one another. The reasons for the beams to change studless to change in the 8448 and 8840 set were because the old beams with stud only allowed right turns, and now with the studless ones, we are able to make more real-life turns. An example of beams connecting is a shape of a right triangle with a right angle degree of 90. Using 3 of the longest beams: 1 x 13, 1 x 11, and 1 x 9. To make the shape, you would use the beam with 1 x 13 as the hypotenuse, 1 x 11 as the base, and 1 x 9 as the height. A Liftarm is a very useful tool, which is also known as a half-beam; the reason that it has advantage is because it is very light weighted.